On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 11:06:40AM -0600, Jeff Hoffmann wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >>The download servers have enough bandwidth to serve any client
> >>faster than the client can take. The traffic on the download
> >>servers is not reduced, only distributed differently. I don't see
> >>any advantage.
> >
> >
> >Actually, and here is where I exhibit my total lack of knowledge of
> >BT internals ... my understanding was that each 'client' becomes a
> >'server' by the fact that they have it on their machine and running
> >... so, over time, the amount of load on the central server would
> >decrease, since new downloads would come from closer "client
> >machines" ... essentially, a whole new set of "unofficial mirror
> >sites" for the source code ...
>
> That's not to say that it shouldn't be offered, it's just a niche
> thing & is generally time-sensitive (i.e., it does the best when
> there a lot of people using it & the time most people use it is when
> something is "hot off the presses"). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The above is precisely the use case I set the thing up for. :)
Cheers,
D
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